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Curious about the cost of policing anti-racism rally

How much, Mayor Tara Veer, did the policing of Sunday’s Black Lives Matters rally cost the taxpayers of Red Deer?
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How much, Mayor Tara Veer, did the policing of Sunday’s Black Lives Matters rally cost the taxpayers of Red Deer?

Four plus hours for one noisy helicopter disturbing my Sunday, dozens of police, a mobile police command unit (as big as a bus), two-man drone unit with SUV, bicycle police, paramedic units, fire trucks, undercover police, bylaw officers, dozens of city workers with barricades.

A lot of Sunday overtime.

And maybe you and city council were hunkered down in some war room watching things unfold live on a big screen.

How much did it cost?

Louis Talbot, Red Deer